Tadanobu Asano

Tadanobu Asano, born Tadanobu Sato (born November 27, 1973) is a Japanese actor. He is known for his roles as Dragon Eye Morrison in Electric Dragon 80.000 V, Kakihara in Ichi the Killer, Mamoru Arita in Bright Future, Hattori Genosuke in Zatoichi, Kenji in Last Life in the Universe, Aman in Survive Style 5+, Ayano in The Taste of Tea, and Temudjin in Mongol. Most recently, Asano appeared as Hogun in the film Thor, based on the Marvel Comics character.

Mortal Kombat II
2025
Lord Raiden

Otoko to Tori
2024
Director

The Box Man
2024
Fake Doctor

The Women in the Lakes
2024

Kanasando
2024

Broken Rage
2024
Detective Inoue

Ravens
2024
Masahisa Fukase

Kubi
2023
Kuroda Kanbei

We're Broke, My Lord!
2023
Heihachiro Isogai

Mugonkan
2022
Kuboshima Seiichiro

Mortal Kombat
2021
Lord Raiden

Kate
2021
Renji

Detective Chinatown 3
2021
Tanaka Naoki

Minamata
2020
Tatsuo Matsumura

Labyrinth of Cinema
2020
Sako

Independence of Japan
2020

Chiwawa
2019
Sakata

Midway
2019
Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi

Wolf's Calling
2019
Samurai

They Say Nothing Stays the Same
2019
Regular customer

The Outsider
2018
Kiyoshi

The Bastard and the Beautiful World
2018
Daimon (Mad Dog) (segment: Don't Shoot the Pianist!)

KASANE –Beauty and Fate–
2018
Kingo Habuta

Punk Samurai Slash Down
2018
Hanro Chayama

The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers
2018
Christ

Shinjuku Swan II
2017
Masaki Taki

Dear Etranger
2017
Makoto Tanaka

Thor: Ragnarok
2017
Hogun

The Wasted Times
2016
Watabe

Silence
2016
Interpreter

Harmonium
2016
Sotaro Yasaka

Grasshopper
2015
Kujira

Parasyte: Part 2
2015
Goto

Journey to the Shore
2015
Yusuke

Nagasaki: Memories of My Son
2015

Lupin the 3rd
2014
Koichi Zenigata

Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a Whore
2014
The Criminal

My Man
2014
Jungo Kusarino

Kiki's Delivery Service
2014
Dr. Ishi

Parasyte: Part 1
2014
Goto

Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
2014
Self

47 Ronin
2013
Lord Kira

Children Who Won’t Die
2013
Narrator (voice)

Thor: The Dark World
2013
Hogun

The Kiyosu Conference
2013
Toshiie Maeda

Battleship
2012
Captain Yugi Nagata

Dearest
2012
Policeman

The Terminal Trust
2012
Noriyuki Takai

Fly with the Gold
2012
Kitagawa

Thor
2011
Hogun

That's the Way!
2011
Fujio Akatsuka

Moonlight Mask
2011
Taro Okamoto

A Ghost of a Chance
2011
Kenichi Kido

A Flawless Concierge
2011

Tales of the Bizarre: 2011 Fall Special
2011

42 One Dream Rush
2010
Director

For my dear dead dog
2010
Director

Wandering Home
2010
Yasuyuki Tsukahara

Vengeance Can Wait
2010
Hidenori Yamane

Dumbeast
2009
Dekogawa

Redline
2009
Frisbee (voice)

Eatrip
2009

The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity
2009
Shibasaki

Villon's Wife
2009
Otani

Tsurugi-dake satsuei no ki hyōkō 3000 mētoru, gekitō no 873-nichi
2009

Snow Prince
2009

SOUL RED Yusaku Matsuda
2009

Kabei: Our Mother
2008
Yamazaki Toru

Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan
2007
Genghis Khan / Temüjin

Sad Vacation
2007
Kenji Shiraishi

The Capricious Robot
2007
Mr. N

Hana
2006
Jubei Kanazawa

Invisible Waves
2006
Kyoji

Cross the Lens
2006
Self

Funky Forest: The First Contact
2005
Masaru Tanaka

The Buried Forest
2005
San

Tokyo Zombie
2005
Fujio

Rampo Noir
2005
Man / Kogoro Akechi / Masaki / Fuyo's Lover

SORANO
2005

My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?
2005
Mizui

Portrait of the Wind
2005

Takeshis'
2005

Tori
2004
Director

Vital
2004
Hiroshi Takagi

The Taste of Tea
2004
Ayano Haruno

Survive Style 5+
2004
Aman

Café Lumière
2004
Hajime Takeuchi

The Face of Jizo
2004
Mr. Kinoshita

Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!
2004
Self

1-Ichi
2003
Original Music Composer

Zatoichi
2003
Hattori Genosuke

Last Life in the Universe
2003
Kenji

Bright Future
2003
Mamoru Arita

Iden & Tity
2003

Dead End Run
2003

My Grandpa
2003
S. Nakatoh

Ambivalent Future: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
2003
Himself

Woman of Water
2002
Yusaku Miyazawa

Distance
2001
Sakata

Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle
2001
Shanao

Electric Dragon 80000V
2001
Dragon Eye Morrison

Ichi the Killer
2001
Kakihara

Kaza-hana
2001
Renji Sawashiro

Party 7
2000
Okita Souji

Taboo
1999
Hyozo Tashiro

Away with Words
1999
Asano Takashi

Gemini
1999
Revenger with Sword

Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl
1999
Kuroo Samehada

Hakuchi: The Innocent
1999
Isawa

Love & Pop
1998
Captain XX

Screwed
1998
Tsube

Falling into the Evening
1998

Labyrinth of Dreams
1997
Tatsuo Niitaka

Tokyo Fair Weather
1997

Picnic
1996
Tsumuji

Helpless
1996
Kenji Shiraishi

Focus
1996
Kanemura

wkw/tk/1996@7'55''hk.net
1996
Man

Swallowtail Butterfly
1996
Customer in the Club

ACRI: The Legend of Homo-Aquarellius
1996
Hisoka

Maborosi
1995
Ikuo

119
1994
Satoshi Matsushita

Fried Dragon Fish
1993
Natsuro

The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark
1993

The Rocking Horsemen
1992
Seiichi Shirai

Waiting for the Flood
1991
Sadahito Iwata

Swimming Upstream
1990

Pseudo Idealist

The Thirsty Flower: Four by Four Equals One
2004
(voice)

Soul Dancing
2004

Document Love & Pop
1998

Motorola
1998

Hole in the Pants 5: I Found a Glittering Star!
1990

Morte Cucina